Golf club gripping aid

Abstract

In combination with a golf glove, a strap for maintaining a golfer's hands in close relatively tight relation to each other when the golf club is gripped for hitting a golf ball. The strap includes a loop at one end into which the golfer's right thumb is placed, if the golfer is right handed and the left thumb if the golfer is left handed. The strap is provided at its other end with an attachment device for detachably securing that end of the strap to the golfer's glove overlying the back of the left hand of the golfer or right hand if the golfer is left handed. The attachment device comprises a plurality of hook and loop members mounted on a pad attached to the free end of the strap and arranged to intermesh with a material including loops and hooks secured to the golfer's glove closure. In use the attachment device is detachably pressed into the hooks and loops on the golf glove meshing therewith. The glove is placed on the golfer's left or right hand as the case may be and the thumb of the other hand is inserted into the loop of the strap. The golf club is gripped by the gloved hand and other hand grips the club and overlys a portion of the gloved hand and is held snugly against said hand during the golf swing.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: 
     
       1. A golf training strap and a golf glove having closing flaps having a plurality of hooks and loops, said hooks and loops meshing with each other to securely position the glove on the golfer's hand, said strap and glove combination used to develop the golfer's hand coordination, said strap comprising a length of non-stretchable fabric folded upon itself and stitched to form a relatively narrow length of strapping, one end of said strap folded over and secured to the other portion of the strap at a point spaced a distance from its free end to form therewith a loop, and a pad having a first surface of material including loops on one side and a second surface of hooks on the other side secured to the unoverlapped portion of the strap, said pad being positioned between the glove closure flaps and secured to said glove by meshing, respectively, the hooks and loops of the glove with loops and hooks on the pad. 
     
     
       2. A golf training strap and glove as described in claim 1, wherein the strap fabric is folded upon itself and secured in position by longitudinal rows of stitching and whereby the pad is secured to the strap by means of staples.